(1) Basketball is a team sport, the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. (2) Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each end. (3) Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. (4) People enjoy playing basketball because it is so cool. (5) There are millions of people across more than two hundred countries that play basketball around the world.
Which sentence conveys a tone that is inconsistent with the rest of the passage?
A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3
D) Sentence 4